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A JB-10, surface-to-surface missile launched from a launching track at Eglin Field, Florida.
A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A JB-10, (Jet Bomb 10) surface-to-surface missile. A still photograph of a JB-10 missile in flight. A ground view still photograph of a JB-10. A ground view still photograph of the missile on a launching track. A JB-10 launching shows a rocket unit falling away. The missile starts over water. Flames spurt from the tail of the missile at the Eglin Field. (World War II period).
A woman from the Tennessee Valley Authority demonstrates the uses and advantages of an electric mixer in rural United States.
Use of an electric mixer is demonstrated by woman from the Tennessee Valley Authority in rural Tennessee, in the United States. Women sitting around, watching the demonstration, clap. The woman tells the advantages of the electric mixer. Two women watch and talk. A child sits beside the demonstration table. Two women and an old woman sit and watch.
Models display dresses designed by students at the University of California in California, United States.
Students at the University of California in California, United States. A student of an apparel designing course at the university. The student designs a dress. A teacher adjusts a dress designed by students on a mannequin. Students display dresses designed by them. Models in fashion show display different clothing styles of evening gowns, swimming suits and bridal gowns.
Scenes from movie about tests of incendiary bombing at the Eglin Field before use against Japanese cities in World War II.
Tests of incendiary bombing, before employing it against Japanese cities in World War 2. Planes in flight. Exterior of a building. A sign reads: 'Headquarters Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command'. Sign reads: 'Proof Department building no 8'. Hands open an envelope. U.S. Actor Lee J. Cobb, playing an Army Air Forces Captain, reads the document. The document contains information derived from tests of incendiary bombing, conducted at Eglin Field, Florida. He goes to chart and describes those tests. Scene shifts to the field where a set of Japanese-style houses has been erected. Typical fire-fighting means are shown: water tanks and sand buckets. Two types of incendiary bombs are shown. A bomber drops incendiary bombs on the Japanese-style houses. Crews on the ground attempt to extinguish the fires. But fire consumes the test village.
U.S. Air Force tests effectiveness of incendiary bombs on a test village built at Eglin Field, Florida, in World War II
Tests before incendiary bombing of Japanese cities during World War 2. The tests being conducted at the Eglin air field in Florida. A plane in flight. The plane drops numerous small indendiary bombs on the huts in the test area. High altitude view of the bombing. Smoke arises due to the bombardment. A conflagration ensues. Air Force personnel put out the fires with hoses.
Effects of conventional bombs compared to incendiary bombs in tests against wooden structures, at Eglin Field in World War II
Tests to compare effects of conventional bombs to those of incendiaries,on wooden structures. Test conducted at Eglin Field, Florida, during World War 2. Actor Lee J. Cobb, portrays an Air Force Captain, seated at Project Officer's desk. He shows photographs of a wooden test house constructed similar to houses in Japan. View of wooden structure being ignited from within. The resultant fire is put out promptly. B-17 airplane in flight over the test area, drops conventional bombs, which destroy some of the test village houses. A second bombing using incendiary bombs that break apart and ignite many fires, produces greater destruction across the test village.